A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Ste. Genevieve$1,490/mo

Typical home $251K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $771/mo · Housing →

Aurora$1,040/mo

Typical home $178K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.70% · or rent about $823/mo · Housing →

The difference: $450 a month, about $5,400 a year, between Ste. Genevieve and Aurora.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Ste. Genevieve places higher on 12 of 20 MO lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Missouri ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

B+Ste. GenevieveBetter than 74% of districts in the state CAuroraBetter than 26% of districts in the state

Health

C−Ste. GenevieveHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns D−AuroraHealthier than 5% of U.S. towns

12Ste. Genevieve

8Aurora

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #37#190 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #86#237 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #247#101 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #92#203 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #110#220 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #142#67 Fewest smokersHealth · 261 towns #134#231 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #96#170

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Ste. Genevieve’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Ste. GenevieveAurora

Snow a year4″12″

January low24°F 22°F

July high89°F 90°F

Growing season (days)202d 189d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)76th 41st

Outdoors & history

Ste. GenevieveAurora

Trails2 mi 0 mi

Conserved land3.8%4.6%

Settled1735 1870

National Register places4 1

Archive photos—21

Famous people born here—8

Community

Ste. GenevieveAurora

Library hours a week56 hrs 54 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

213 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Ste. GenevieveMO AuroraMO

Ste. Genevieve ↔ Aurora213 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Missouri average

Ste. GenevieveAurora

People

Population 5,010Lowest 7,397Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.4%Highest MO: +2.8% -3.8%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 44.6±3.4Highest 14% above MO 43.2±3.3Lowest 11% above MO

Ste. Genevieve and Aurora are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 16.4%±4.3Lowest MO: 22.3% 24.2%±5.4Highest MO: 22.3%

Aurora and Ste. Genevieve are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 26.5%±6.1Highest MO: 17.9% 18.7%±3.7Lowest MO: 17.9%

Ste. Genevieve and Aurora are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.6%Highest MO: 32.4% 12%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±1.7 MO: 5.7% 1.8%±1.5 MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $48,097±$8kLowest 32% below MO $49,848±$10kHighest 29% below MO

Aurora and Ste. Genevieve are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $172,400±$38kHighest 25% below MO $124,400±$28kLowest 46% below MO

Ste. Genevieve and Aurora are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $771±$90Lowest 25% below MO $823±$120Highest 20% below MO

Aurora and Ste. Genevieve are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,435Highest 26% below MO $867Lowest 55% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 24.8%±14.6Lowest MO: 45.6% 37.9%±17.6Highest MO: 45.6%

Aurora and Ste. Genevieve are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 12.8%Lowest MO: 12.6% 18.1%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 64.2%Lowest MO: 68.1% 68.2%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Lowest 8 yrs older than MO 1973Highest 5 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 29% above MO 21 minLowest 13% below MO

Work from home 7.5%±8.5Lowest MO: 13% 8.9%±5.3Highest MO: 13%

Aurora and Ste. Genevieve are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 31.2%Highest 16.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miLowest 23.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.34Highest 0.70Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Perryville (5%)Springfield (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AuroraFew work in Ste. Genevieve

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.8%Lowest 4.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.4 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 56.6Lowest 67.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #84 of 226 in MO #156 of 226 in MO

School district STE. GENEVIEVE CO. R-IIAURORA R-VIII

High school in town Ste. Genevieve SR. HighAurora High

Students per teacherat that high school 12.4Lowest 13.5Highest

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Ste. Genevieve vs Aurora

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $450 more a month in Ste. Genevieve

Ste. Genevieve places higher on 12 of 20 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

213 miles apart

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